Biography

Education:

BA, Keio University

MA, Cornell University

PhD, Cornell University

Research and Teaching Interests:

My research focuses on the intersection of gender, performance, and politics, as well as on Japanese cultural history from the late 19th century to the present. My first book focused on the first generation of actresses in modern Japanese theater. My second book examines Japanese feminist debates from the 1890s to present. I am co-editing a volume on rethinking modern Japanese feminism. Future projects include a cross-cultural analysis of the medieval Japanese noh theater, as well as a book on cinematic adaptations.

Recent Courses:

Japanese Theater; Modern Japanese Literature; Contemporary Japanese Literature; Literary Theory and Criticism in Japan; Graduate Seminar on Modern Japanese Literature and Culture; Gender and Sexuality in Japan; Gender and Sexuality in East Asia; Advanced Japanese; Readings in Modern Japanese.

Other Professional Activity:

Core Faculty in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program.

Affiliated Faculty in Cinema Studies Program.

Graduate Groups in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory; History.